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Shelf Life of a Trophy WifeTo the outside world, Lisa Kaye Rayner seemed to have it all. But beneath the picture-perfect veneer of her Southern Baptist upbringing were the haunting secrets that she kept. Afterthree failed marriages and one failed suicide attempt, she found herself in the office of...
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Shell Games: A True Story of Cops, Con Men, and the Smuggling of America's Strangest WildlifeA unique blend of natural history and crime drama, Shell Games by Craig Welch is a riveting tale of rogues, scoundrels, and the hunt for nature's bounty in the tradition of The Orchid Thief. A stranger-than-fiction true story centered around a larger-than-life character who...
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Silent Witness: How DNA Uncovered the Truth and Empowered My HealingIn this compelling book, Ashley Spence shares her powerful journey from survivor to advocate, revealing how forensic DNA can change lives, transform justice, and prevent crimes before they happen. At just 19, Ashley endured a brutal assault that nearly claimed her life. For years,...
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Sing Sing Follies (A Maximum-Security Comedy): And Other True Stories"I can't wait for you to read this. I hope it thrills and confounds and inspires you just like it did me." -Greg Kwedar, co-writer, director, and producer of Sing Sing At Sing Sing, the infamous, Gothic maximum-security prison on the Hudson River in...
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Sister, Sinner: The Miraculous Life and Mysterious Disappearance of Aimee Semple McPhersonA Must-Read: The New Yorker, The New York Times Book Review, The Millions, Alta "Gripping . . . Wonderfully thorough, the type of biography in which you learn just the right amount about everything . . . Magnificent." --Casey Cep, The New YorkerSister, Sinner...
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Sisters in Death: The Black Dahlia, the Prairie Heiress, and Their HunterWho killed the Black Dahlia? In this eye-opening shocker, an award-winning producer, true-crime researcher, and Hollywood insider finally solves the greatest - and most gruesome - murder mystery of the twentieth century just before its 80th anniversary. In January 1947, the bisected body of...
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Six Degrees of Corruption - The Fleecing of a CityThe Next All the President's Men-for State and Municipal CorruptionSix Degrees of Corruption - The Fleecing of a City is a whistleblower true crime investigation that exposes how a forged police certification in Methuen, Massachusetts spiraled into one of the most disturbing municipal scandals...
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Slenderman: Online Obsession, Mental Illness, and the Violent Crime of Two Midwestern GirlsThe first full account of the Slenderman stabbing, a true crime narrative of mental illness, the American judicial system, the trials of adolescence, and the power of the internet On May 31, 2014, in the Milwaukee suburb of Waukesha, Wisconsin, two twelve-year-old girls attempted...
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Small Sacrifices: The Shocking True Crime Case of Diane DownsFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Stranger Beside Me comes a shocking true crime account of the destructive forces that drove a beautiful young mother to murder. "Somebody just shot my kids!" Diane Downs brought her car to a halt...
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Smoke, Mirrors, and Murder: And Other True CasesFrom #1 New York Times bestselling author and true crime icon Ann Rule, the cases in this collection grapple with murder, false identity, and much more. In some murder cases, the truth behind the most tragic of crimes crystallizes with relative ease. Not so...
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SmugglerRoger Reaves grew up a poor farm boy in Georgia and went from making 'moonshine' to becoming one of the most prolific smugglers of the 20th century. He covered six continents, transporting 20 ton ship loads of hash, tons of cocaine, and completed more...
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Somebody's Watching: The Unsolved Lula Lake Murders of Carolyn Newell and Pete SteeleSomebody's Watching deals with the unsolved murders of Carolyn Newell and Pete Steele at Lula Lake located on Lookout Mountain in Walker County, Georgia. James Blevins admitted to spying on the couple that fateful Easter Sunday 1963 while they were enjoying the beautiful Spring...
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Someone KnowsSomeone knows . . . Is it you? Are you the key to solving one of these heartbreaking cases? We don't know what we know. The mention of a name, a distinct scent unearthing a memory long buried, a shared reminiscence with someone who...
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Something Big: The True Story of the Brown's Chicken Massacre, a Decade-Long Manhunt, and the Trials That FollowedSomething Big tells the story of the infamous Brown's Chicken massacre, a brutal case that captivated Chicagoland after remaining unsolved for nearly a decade. Customers know Brown's Chicken for its crispy buttermilk fried chicken and flaky biscuits. The Illinois-based franchise has a reputation for...
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Son of a GunNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY PUBLISHERS WEEKLY In the tradition of Tobias Wolff, James Ellroy, and Mary Karr, a stunning memoir of a mother-son relationship that is also the searing, unflinching account of a murder and its aftermath Includes...
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Speak Her Name: Stories from a Life in True CrimeWhen a family friend died unexpectedly, Dr. Mary Jumbelic was pulled into the investigation-and uncovered the true cause of death. This woman was one of hundreds uanble to move, unable to speak, laying on autopsy tables due to violent crimes. Mary uses her unique...
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Standby40 year old Beth McDonough lived and breathed tv news. Ever since she was a little girl, she wanted to be an investigative reporter, like the savvy women she watched on the nightly news growing up in Los Angeles and Oklahoma City. Beth thrived...
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Starvation Heights: A True Story of Murder and Malice in the Woods of the Pacific NorthwestIn this true story--a haunting saga of medical murder set in an era of steamships and gaslights--Gregg Olsen reveals one of the most unusual and disturbing criminal cases in American history. In 1911 two wealthy British heiresses, Claire and Dora Williamson, arrived at a...
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Still Life with Bones: Genocide, Forensics, and What RemainsNew York Times Book Review Editors' Choice - An anthropologist working with forensic teams and victims' families to investigate crimes against humanity in Latin America explores what science can tell us about the lives of the dead in this haunting account of grief, the...
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Stolen Fragments: Black Markets, Bad Faith, and the Illicit Trade in Ancient ArtefactsIn 2012, Steve Green, billionaire and president of the Hobby Lobby chain of craft stores, announced a recent purchase of a Biblical artefact--a fragment of papyrus, just discovered, carrying lines from Paul's letter to the Romans, and dated to the second century CE. Noted...
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